Open AccessQuality Of Work Life: Implications Of Career Dimensions
Author(s) -
Raduan Che Rose,
Loo-See Beh,
Jegak Uli,
Khairuddin Idris
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1558-6987
pISSN - 1549-3652
DOI - 10.3844/jssp.2006.61.67
Subject(s) - psychology , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , career development , applied psychology , sociology , social psychology , engineering , epistemology , philosophy , mechanical engineering
Literature on QWL is limited and several studies commonly correlates with job satisfaction but no study on QWL has associated with career related factors. This empirical study was done to predict QWL in relation to career-related dimensions. The sample consists of 475 managers from the free trade zones in Malaysia for both the multinational corporations (MNCs) and the small-medium industries (SMIs). The result indicates that three exogenous variables are significant: career satisfaction, career achievement and career balance, with 63% of the variance in QWL